But since it is obvious the capability exists, they should allow other vendors the permissions needed to offer similar functionality with their own technology. These companies have been requesting this for years for their own mirroring apps, long before Apple introduced iPhone mirroring (long before even airplay).
iPhone mirroring is not innovation when you simply take your competitors product ideas and then block them from competing by giving yourself exclusive access to the very features they have been requesting for over 15 years...
Apple need not worry about being forced to "tweak the feature" if users are given the option to use an alternative solution on equal terms. Unless, of course, the aim is simply to stifle competition and keep users locked in through anti-consumer practices..
- You can initiate from the MacBook.
- you don’t need to wake and unlock the phone manually
- the phone itself stays physically locked
- drag/drop
Mirroring aside there’s things like remote copy/paste, continuity with desktop apps, etc.
Edit: Wow, downvotes for what exactly? Because I own an iPhone and MacBook or because I dislike Apples shitty business practices?
Also because people should have the choice to buy a device from a vendor that is locked down if that is what they want.
They can change it so that all first requests require confirmation with password.
Why does Apple get to dictate what is an authorized endpoint for my device?
We have the first sale doctoring for a reason. That Apple can get away with this behaviour at the moment is a not a justification for continuing to let them do it.
Second of all, which devices? Google is slowly boiling the frog on Android too, see their recent announcement about installing your own apps without their blessing.
And before anyone replies about “oh just use android Linux phone, or build your own phone, or don’t use a phone”, that’s not a realistic option for 99.9% of people and it’s ceding ground (see my first point).
This whole "we can only trust Apple" argument is outdated given modern security standards like FIDO2/WebAuthn and passkeys
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/sync-across-your-dev...
_aavaa_•4mo ago
What reason do they have to believe this rather than “let’s blame the EU and make it look like reasonable regulations (being allowed to install app outside Apple’s control) are evil.”?